Sowerby Long Bridge No 2 carries a farm track over the Rochdale Canal between Northpool and Rhondda.
Early plans of what would become the Rochdale Canal were drawn up by George Wright in 1888 but problems with Brench Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Leeds. Expectations for coal traffic to Oldpool were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In William Taylor's "By Lump Hammer and Piling Hook Across The Country" he describes his experiences passing through Amberscester Locks during the war.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Station Road Bridge No 6 | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Cooper House Bridge No 5 | 1 mile | |
| Site of Cooper House Mills | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Longbottom Bridge No 4 | 5¼ furlongs | |
| High Royd Bridge No 3 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Sowerby Long Bridge No 2 | ||
| Sowerby Footbridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Tower Hill Bridge No 1A | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Tower Hill Winding Hole | 4 furlongs | |
| Tuel Lane Lock No 3 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Tuel Lane Tunnel (western entrance) | 4½ furlongs | |
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![Rochdale Canal Bridge 2 taking Hollins Mill Lane over Calder Valley Greenway. There is an OS benchmark [[6308484]] at the base of the right hand end of the bridge parapet by Luke Shaw – 29 June 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/30/84/6308490_72975061_120x120.jpg)
![Ordnance Survey rivet, Sowerby Long Bridge. This levelling marker is on the horizontal surface of a stone at the base of the south-western abutment of Sowerby Long Bridge [[6065674]]. The benchmarks database gives its height as 87.7458m. by Stephen Craven – 16 February 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/06/56/6065676_bcacb705_120x120.jpg)


















